The crisis of the public transport system by car (bus) seems to have no end.
For him recalculation in the payment of subsidiesthis is ensured by companies in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA). they don’t have enough money pay the promised wage increases, and the Automotive Tram Union (UTA) union has warned that if they do not collect in full, They can start a bus strike from Monday 8 April.
Specifically, the general secretary of the UTA, Roberto Fernández, and the business representatives sent letters on Thursday to the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and the Minister of Transport, Franco Mogetta, to indicate that the Government would not be granted correctly tariff compensation to cover wages and jointly agreed bonuses.
What’s happening?????????
✅ on 2/2/2024 the salaries for January and February 2024 were agreed
✅On the 4th working day of every month you have to pay salaries. The March salary must be paid on April 4/business day (4/8/24).
✅The joint agreement was signed for the months of January and February 2024, but… pic.twitter.com/nzxbM8XHZf— aaeta (@aaeta_arg) April 4, 2024
“Between tariffs and subsidies we get $650 per trip“, underlined sources from the private sector. The Argentine Association of Automobile Transport Entrepreneurs (AAETA), where the Metropol group weighs, noted that in the official calculation of costs, 737,000 dollars are recognized as a base for each driver, but the agreement with UTA settled $987,000.
The difference of $250,000 for each driver, multiplied by 50,000 workers, translates into approximately $12.5 billion that operators should receive.
The Government’s response
The National Transportation Secretary has arrived at the crossroads of these declarations from the transporters and in a statement stated that “he is in compliance with the payment of subsidies to the AMBA car transport companies. And he will continue to respect the payment of the expected funds and corresponding for companies, which was carried out in a timely manner, is the obligation on the part of companies to respect the payment of salaries to their employees.
“Transport also distances itself from the wage issue raised by companies.” Regarding UTA’s complaint regarding the sums that would have been agreed upon in agreement with the employers, the Ministry of Transport “has no responsibility for not being a party to the agreement.”
Source: Clarin
